Is Molly Huddle in Europe?

According to this article Huddle will be racing in August, including the DL closer in Belgium. Of course, she was not in Europe for Bix. Reports indicate she is not in Stockholm now.

http://www.stargazette.com/article/20100724/SPORTS/7240349/Molly+Huddle+hitting+her+stride

Huddle had confirmed her intention to defend Bix, which was reported on July 22 by Peter Gambaccini of RW. Considering Koll had run 14.55, just behind Huddle in Paris, it looked like there would be a battle. Huddle withdrew from Bix on 7/23; drug testing was announced 7/24. Huddle was in the United States on 7/24. Koll went on to win Bix.

The message board gravitated toward implications.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3635861

Suspicions continue as Gambaccini reported after Koll's win, that Huddle had remained in Europe. Not entirely the case, as reported by Legare.

http://racingnews.runnersworld.com/2010/07/july-25-26-ryan-hall-and-lisa-koll-win-at-bix-7-stormy-kendricks-huge-upset-at-world-juniors-david-bedford-will-leave-london-marathon-post-by-2013-aussie-middle-distance-phenom-ryan-gregso.html

People baffle me. Molly decided to extend her track season based on the great 5K performance. The ridiculous insinuations by people trying to piece together internet misinformation is humorous.

http://www.servnetsport.be/en/rasschaert/participants/event/000044

Huddle stated that she extended it because of her 14.51 in Paris. However, and the insinuation is well sourced here, she confirmed through interview(s) between July 19 and July 22 that she was defending Bix. July 23 she drops; morning of Bix they announce drug tests. Really, when she confirms multiple times only the day before she drops?

As an athletics reporter covering various stories, I can tell you that nothing is more newsworthy than information surrounding PEDs. Huddle isn't receiving allegations, but her decision has raised suspicion. Any reporter worth salt is following suspicions. That is the job.

I see that she is start-listed for Ninove.. It answers the OP.

So that you understand, I will undoubtedly continue to "baffle you". And I'll have a story ready to go should something more than suspicion arise.

As an IAAF Insider, you would be clearly in the know that the interviews printed between July 19 and July 22 may have well taken place earlier, especially those which were focused on BIX and not Huddle. The dates of the interviews may be inferred through quotes about her Paris result, but without confirmation from the writers may have occurred earlier than you are asserting.

Molly had decided not to run bix after Paris. The race just did not report this as it looks better for them to report a match up like Koll vs Huddle. They then report she has dropped out at the last minute so the race looks like a good one.

All races Molly runs have drug testing. This is not new. Obviously running a hard 7 mile race a week after a 14.51 is not going to be the best preparation for trying to break the American record in August. Molly not running Bix has nothing to do with drug testing. She is clearly focussing on track.

iaaf insider wrote:

Huddle stated that she extended it because of her 14.51 in Paris. However, and the insinuation is well sourced here, she confirmed through interview(s) between July 19 and July 22 that she was defending Bix. July 23 she drops; morning of Bix they announce drug tests. Really, when she confirms multiple times only the day before she drops?

As an athletics reporter covering various stories, I can tell you that nothing is more newsworthy than information surrounding PEDs. Huddle isn't receiving allegations, but her decision has raised suspicion. Any reporter worth salt is following suspicions. That is the job.

I see that she is start-listed for Ninove.. It answers the OP.

So that you understand, I will undoubtedly continue to "baffle you". And I'll have a story ready to go should something more than suspicion arise.

As an "iaaf insider" you would also surely know that no matter where she was - at Bix or in Europe - she would also, by virtue of her US and world ranking, be subject to random drug tests of which there are plenty going on in Europe at the moment. I would be surprised if she has not been tested at least once since Paris. Combine that with the fact noted above that any other race she chooses to do instead of Bix would also drug testing and I fail to see how her decision & the drug announcement is any more than a coincidence nor how her decision makes her any more or less likely to be on a PED.

BS wrote:

As an "iaaf insider" you would also surely know that no matter where she was - at Bix or in Europe - she would also, by virtue of her US and world ranking, be subject to random drug tests of which there are plenty going on in Europe at the moment. I would be surprised if she has not been tested at least once since Paris. Combine that with the fact noted above that any other race she chooses to do instead of Bix would also drug testing and I fail to see how her decision & the drug announcement is any more than a coincidence nor how her decision makes her any more or less likely to be on a PED.

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iaaf insider wrote:

As an athletics reporter covering various stories

I'll have a story ready to go

Also, Europe > Iowa.

Is Molly Huddle update?

Glad to see that I'm not the only one wondering........

iaaf insider wrote:

Huddle withdrew from Bix on 7/23; drug testing was announced 7/24. Huddle was in the United States on 7/24. Koll went on to win Bix.

The elite athletes were informed of drug testing on 7/22. They officially made a press release on 7/24. I'm not saying she's guilty of anything, but you are are definitely not helping her with wrong evidence. Please stop.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that running one of the fastest 5k times by an American woman, within spitting distance of the AR, might change Molly's racing focus from Bix to a structured plan to go after the 5k record?

Getting another Bix win on her resume has to be much lower priority than going after the 5k record.

nyloco wrote:

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that running one of the fastest 5k times by an American woman, within spitting distance of the AR, might change Molly's racing focus from Bix to a structured plan to go after the 5k record?

Getting another Bix win on her resume has to be much lower priority than going after the 5k record.

I completely agree. I think there is some serious drug paranoia on this message board.

I don't know that she is in Europe, but I do know that she is update.